imitative
Example Sentences
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That was great advice because it was a book that I’d written very much out of imitative aspiration, imitating Joyce and Hemingway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Mulligan is so good here that she lays bare some of her co-star’s more studied artifice, including a few overly imitative Bernstein-isms and some affectedly nasal vocal delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
The research also details potential breakthroughs in specific areas, including pump-jet propulsion and internal quieting devices, based on "imitative innovation" of Russian technology.
From Reuters ● Oct. 9, 2023
If so, getting your avatar dressed in the morning may feel less like playing paper dolls, and more like a unique form of value-signaling and experimentation; may seem additive, rather than just imitative.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Too eager, too anxious—an imitative and unoriginal pupil.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
